MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Kansas State’s opener with USC on Monday, November 6 in the Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas event will air nationally on TNT and its Max streaming service at 9 p.m., CT, it was announced by Warner Bros. Discovery, Position Sports and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Tuesday (October 10).
The matchup between the Wildcats and Trojans will cap the marquee quadruple-header at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, which includes a pair of men’s and women’s games to open the 2023-24 season.
Coverage will span TNT and truTV throughout the day, with the pregame show starting at 12:30 p.m., CT on truTV for the afternoon games and 6 p.m., CT on TNT for the evening games.
All studio and live game coverage will be available to stream via the B/R Sports Add-on tier on Max. Bleacher Report will also have extensive coverage across its platforms.
The quadruple-header will be broken into two sessions with K-State and USC playing in Session 2 along with the women’s game between defending NCAA national champion LSU and Colorado, which tips at 5:30 p.m., CT/7:30 p.m., PT. The first session includes a women’s game between USC and Ohio State (11 a.m., CT/2 p.m., PT) and the men’s matchup between Georgia and Oregon (2:30 p.m., CT/4:30 p.m., PT).
Tickets for the event went on-sale in July and are still available here. Fans can purchase tickets for both sessions or just Session 2 in which K-State plays.
The Wildcats will play their only exhibition game on Wednesday, November 1 at 7 p.m., CT to tip off the 19-game home schedule before opening the season against the Trojans.
A limited number of season tickets for the 2023-24 season are still available by calling (800) 221.CATS (2287) and/or online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets. Pricing for single-game tickets will be announced shortly. Ahearn Fund members will have the first opportunity to purchase single-game tickets starting Monday, Oct. 16. Remaining tickets will be available to the general public starting Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Led by 11th-year head coach Andy Enfield, USC posted a 22-11 overall record, including a tie for second place in the Pac-12 with a 14-6 mark, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season in 2022-23. He has led the Trojans to 95 wins over the last 4 seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2020-21.
K-State returns six players from the 2022-23 season, including three starters, to along with one of the nation’s top transfer classes and a top-30 freshman class. The Wildcats won 26 games – third-most in school history – and made their 13th trip to the Elite Eight last season.
The matchup will mark the first time in more than 20 seasons that K-State will open the season away from home since a 73-64 loss to BYU at the Paradise Jam on Nov. 23, 2002, in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. It will be just the 10th season opener away from home since 1970, including the fourth neutral site matchup.
K-State is 4-1 all-time against USC, including an 80-67 win in the last meeting with the Trojans in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. This will be the second meeting in Las Vegas after a 68-55 win by the Wildcats at the 2006 Las Vegas Holiday Classic on Dec. 22, 2006.
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